i used to be at the shipyard unloading cargo, and i would sing. they would say, you should be on tv with smoke. i said, i have got a family to feed. when it is time to get out of this whole, i will get out. it was a hit record. i got a few dollars and nothing else. they said, and you are not bitter. i ain't got no reason to. it happens for a reason. >> how do you get a hit as huge and you end up in gold? -- in the hole? >> i think god has been guiding me. i looked up, and he was not even aware. i was 25. i might not have been here. i am here. tavis: how did you keep faith during that time when you have got guys telling you you should so they recognize the artistry, but you have a family to feed. i respect that, because a lot of guys once they get a hit they think they belong on stage and they are not going to do anything but get on stage, and if they do not the bills are going to get paid. you handled your business, but how you process that when you know you are gifted enough to be on stage? >> i had times when i was feeling low and separated from